2022 population: 890,658
( 41,957 from 2010
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7,159 from 2020)
Land area: 16948.5 square miles
Population density: 52.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 763,053 | 85.67% | ![]() |
Black: | 67,172 | 7.54% | ![]() |
Indian: | 3,154 | 0.35% | ![]() |
Asian: | 9,271 | 1.04% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 18,320 | 2.06% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 29,688 | 3.33% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 127,605 | 14.33% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 21,380 | 11.9 |
Deaths: | 30,212 | 16.8 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 847 | 0.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 668 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -56,984 | -6.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 15,027 | 1.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 447,456 | |
Median Value | $131,841 | |
Occupied | 375,439 | 83.9% |
Vacant | 72,017 | 16.1% |
Owned | 262,179 | 69.8% |
Rented | 113,260 | 30.2% |
Median Rent | $747 | |
Single-Family Units | 327,553 | 73.2% |
Detached | 322,338 | 72.0% |
Attached | 5,215 | 1.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 30,352 | 6.8% |
Mobile Homes | 53,927 | 12.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 24,177 | 6.4% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 24,160 | 6.4% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 19,931 | 5.3% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 20,090 | 5.4% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 20,706 | 5.5% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 18,121 | 4.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 17,952 | 4.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 15,445 | 4.1% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 15,996 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 30,996 | 8.3% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 36,876 | 9.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 47,736 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 30,435 | 8.1% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 18,622 | 5.0% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 19,023 | 5.1% |
$200,000 or more | 15,173 | 4.0% |
Median Household Income | 53,716 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,871 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 79 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 25,601 | 6.8% |
Public Assistance | 8,811 | 2.3% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 62,118 | 16.5% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 367,652 | 65.1% |
Unemployed | 19,154 | 3.4% |
In Armed Forces | 562 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 387,368 | 68.5% |
Not in Labor Force | 177,743 | 31.5% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 146,604 | 121,688 | 54.6% |
Non-Profit | 10,708 | 22,307 | 32.4% |
Self-Employed | 24,874 | 13,246 | 65.3% |
Local Government | 11,587 | 16,954 | 40.6% |
State Government | 13,029 | 15,901 | 45.0% |
Federal Government | 3,844 | 3,953 | 49.3% |
Total Private + Self | 171,478 | 134,934 | 56.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 39,168 | 59,115 | 39.9% |
Total | 210,646 | 194,049 | 52.1% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 49,587 | 12.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 82,834 | 20.4% |
Professional, Technical | 81,825 | 20.2% |
Service Occupations | 75,624 | 18.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 4,325 | 1.1% |
All others | 115,673 | 28.5% |
White Collar | 52.8% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 67,700 | 479.3% |
Manufacturing | 52,200 | 369.5% |
Retail trade | 51,255 | 362.8% |
Educational services | 39,599 | 280.3% |
Accommodation and food services | 28,035 | 198.5% |
Construction | 26,472 | 187.4% |
Public administration | 19,603 | 138.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 19,348 | 137.0% |
Other services | 19,091 | 135.1% |
Finance and insurance | 13,853 | 98.1% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 12,228 | 86.6% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 11,932 | 84.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 11,281 | 79.9% |
Wholesale trade | 9,803 | 69.4% |
Information | 4,941 | 35.0% |
Utilities | 4,719 | 33.4% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 4,643 | 32.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 4,544 | 32.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 3,968 | 28.1% |
Management | 328 | 2.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 20,067 | 2.12% |
Puerto Rican | 2,754 | 0.29% |
Cuban | 1,033 | 0.11% |
Dominican | 117 | 0.01% |
Total Central American | 1,965 | 0.21% |
Costa Rican | 6 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 645 | 0.07% |
Honduran | 498 | 0.05% |
Nicaraguan | 90 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 94 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 624 | 0.07% |
Other Central American | 8 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 844 | 0.09% |
Argentinean | 81 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 6 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 40 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 270 | 0.03% |
Ecuadorian | 193 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 135 | 0.01% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 112 | 0.01% |
Other South American | 7 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 2,066 | 0.22% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 1,792 | 0.19% |
Filipino | 1,395 | 0.15% |
Indian | 1,088 | 0.12% |
Vietnamese | 797 | 0.08% |
Korean | 747 | 0.08% |
Japanese | 705 | 0.07% |
Indonesian | 230 | 0.02% |
Cambodian | 176 | 0.02% |
Bangladeshi | 148 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 862,853 | 96.6% |
Spanish | 16,535 | 1.9% |
German, other Germanic | 3,497 | 0.4% |
Other Indo-European | 2,207 | 0.2% |
Other Asian | 2,009 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 1,252 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 840 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 837 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 735 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 144,359 | 15.3% |
English | 121,954 | 12.9% |
American | 103,632 | 11.0% |
Irish | 100,150 | 10.6% |
Italian | 19,201 | 2.0% |
European | 18,658 | 2.0% |
French | 17,257 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 16,633 | 1.8% |
Polish | 12,048 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 10,374 | 1.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 10,273 | 1.1% |
Welsh | 5,075 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 4,075 | 0.4% |
Swedish | 3,996 | 0.4% |
African | 3,988 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 936,031 | 99.0% |
Not a citizen | 8,984 | 1.0% |
Native | 927,817 | 98.2% |
Foreign-born | 17,198 | 1.8% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
24,675 | 3.8% | 53,014 | 8.1% | 236,780 | 36.4% | 199,598 | 30.7% | 84,291 | 12.9% | 52,732 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 24,675 | 3.8% |
9-12 Years | 53,014 | 8.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 236,780 | 36.4% |
Some College | 199,598 | 30.7% |
Bach. Degree | 84,291 | 12.9% |
Grad Degree | 52,732 | 8.1% |
Average years of education: 13.0 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 428,312 | 393,370 | 34,942 | 8.2% | |
1991 | 428,410 | 390,207 | 38,203 | 8.9% | |
1992 | 432,934 | 394,544 | 38,390 | 8.9% | |
1993 | 439,549 | 401,670 | 37,879 | 8.6% | |
1994 | 440,550 | 408,431 | 32,119 | 7.3% | |
1995 | 445,647 | 416,993 | 28,654 | 6.4% | |
1996 | 453,254 | 421,100 | 32,154 | 7.1% | |
1997 | 458,648 | 429,259 | 29,389 | 6.4% | |
1998 | 461,518 | 435,496 | 26,022 | 5.6% | |
1999 | 463,864 | 441,194 | 22,670 | 4.9% | |
2000 | 470,883 | 448,086 | 22,797 | 4.8% | |
2001 | 471,049 | 444,599 | 26,450 | 5.6% | |
2002 | 468,950 | 440,466 | 28,484 | 6.1% | |
2003 | 468,827 | 437,277 | 31,550 | 6.7% | |
2004 | 470,902 | 441,382 | 29,520 | 6.3% | |
2005 | 472,116 | 443,968 | 28,148 | 6.0% | |
2006 | 479,056 | 452,735 | 26,321 | 5.5% | |
2007 | 479,854 | 451,464 | 28,390 | 5.9% | |
2008 | 476,556 | 443,979 | 32,577 | 6.8% | |
2009 | 475,156 | 430,034 | 45,122 | 9.5% | |
2010 | 455,697 | 410,599 | 45,098 | 9.9% | |
2011 | 454,157 | 411,349 | 42,808 | 9.4% | |
2012 | 447,878 | 408,945 | 38,933 | 8.7% | |
2013 | 445,793 | 407,452 | 38,341 | 8.6% | |
2014 | 440,850 | 408,628 | 32,222 | 7.3% | |
2015 | 436,152 | 408,983 | 27,169 | 6.2% | |
2016 | 438,393 | 411,463 | 26,930 | 6.1% | |
2017 | 434,452 | 411,755 | 22,697 | 5.2% | |
2018 | 433,245 | 412,772 | 20,473 | 4.7% | |
2019 | 431,293 | 412,715 | 18,578 | 4.3% | |
2020 | 423,807 | 393,855 | 29,952 | 7.1% | |
2021 | 422,132 | 401,739 | 20,393 | 4.8% | |
2022 | 421,065 | 405,226 | 15,839 | 3.8% | |
2023 | 420,240 | 402,915 | 17,325 | 4.1% |